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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle information. Professor Moriarty The correct order of the sentences is: would probably kill him if he knew C, F, A, I, E, B, G, D, H about it. Page 29 – activity 3 B2.1 Page 19 – activity 5 Open answers. A A writer uses a pen name and an Page 30 – activity 4 actor/actress or a performer uses The Valley of Fear D Rich American Businessman Found a stage name. B See answer key at back of book. Dead in Country Mansion Page 19 – activity 6 Page 30 – activity 5 Open answers. 1 I received the call at eleven forty- KEY TO THE ACTIVITIES AND EXIT TEST five. Page 20 – activity 7 2 When I arrived at the house, the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Page 10 – activity 3 1 lived 2 criminals 3 respectable drawbridge was up. 4 offence 5 controlled 6 owners 3 The people in the house were 1 A 2 D 3 B 4 C 5 F 6 G 7 H 8 E Page 7 – activity 1 7 obligation 8 stolen 9 successful feeling confused and upset. 1 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was the PART ONE 10 government 4 Mr Pennyworth, the doctor, arrived shortly after I did. second of ten children. Page 20 – activity 1 2 It is thought the character of CHAPTER 0NE 5 The murderer had shot the victim Sherlock Holmes is based on Dr Open answers. with a sawn-off shotgun/in the face. Bell, his university professor. Page 17 – activity 1 CHAPTER TWO 3 Conan Doyle worked as a doctor 6 In the room there was a card with 1 A 2 A 3 B 4 B 5 D 6 C 7 C on ships. some initials on it. Page 28 – activity 1 4 He married twice: once to Louise Page 18 – activity 2 7 The murderer probably hid behind 1 T the curtain. Hawkins and then to Jean Leckie. 1 The victim was American. (D) 2 T 8 The murderer had time to take off 5 The Valley of Fear first appeared in 2 The victim was killed with/by a 3 F – The card and the ring show the wedding ring and then to put serialised form in the Strand shot from a sawn-off shotgun. (C) it was premeditated murder. the other ring back on. Magazine. 3 When the victim was found a 4 F – The candle had only burnt 6 The Valley of Fear is very similar candle was burning on the table. Page 31 – activity 6 a little. to A Study in Scarlet . (A) 5 F – The butler said that Mr Open answers. 7 The Sherlock Holmes stories often 4 The murderer probably escaped by Douglas hadn’t cut himself for start and end in Baker street, climbing out of the window. (B) Page 31 – activity 7 a very long time. London. Open answers. 8 The Sherlock Holmes stories were Page 18 – activity 3 6 T written at a time when science, 1 Doctor Watson 2 Porlock Page 28 – activity 2 Page 32 – activity 1 rationality and progress were 3 Inspector MacDonald 4 Mr Douglas 1Cdrawbridge 1 A 2 B 3 C 4 B 5 B important. 5 Mrs Douglas 6 Cecil Barker 2Amuddy footprints 9 Kingsley was Conan Doyle’s eldest CHAPTER THREE 3Fcard/initials/number son. Page 19 – activity 4 4Bweapon/shotgun 10 Conan Doyle died in 1930. Possible answer: It would be Page 39 – activity 1 dangerous to give his real name. 5Hbicycle 1E...was in the kitchen. Page 10 – activities 1 & 2 He doesn’t want anyone to know that 6Glamp 2C...calling the servants. Open answers. he is giving Sherlock Holmes 7Ewedding ring 8Ddumbbell 3A...went to the front of the house 9Imark/triangle/circle together.

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4G...down the stairs. story is set, is a fictional place in at one point. can’t answer 1. 5H...study telling Mrs Douglas to go Sussex, England. 3 friendly, happy, cheerful 1 We do not know why the murderer back to her room. 5 Scotland Yard, which was founded Mrs Douglas: chose to use a loud shotgun. 6D...with Mrs Douglas all night. in 1829, is the name of the main 1 scared but quiet 2 We now know that Mr Douglas is 7B...the lamp was. office of the London police force. 2 shocked but friendly, a little unable to remove the wedding ring 8F...they couldn’t see anything out 6 The Sherlock Holmes Museum, nervous, charming from his hand – it is not on the of the window. which is in Baker Street, is popular 3 happy, cheerful dead body since the murdered man with tourists. B was not Mr douglas but the cyclist Page 39 – activity 2 1 Dr Watson thinks that they share – his enemy, Ted Baldwin. Page 41 – activity 7 1 Barker met Douglas in California, some secret and are hiding 3 The missing dumbbell was used to where they worked in a successful Student’s game. something. weigh down the package of clothes mining company. Page 42 – activity 1 2 Open answers. etc to the bottom of the moat. 2 Douglas was a widower when he 4 We learn that the cyclist was the Open answers. Page 50 – activity 5 left California. He met his second man who was killed, and so the wife in England. Student’s game. bicycle was not used to escape. 3 Barker thought that a secret CHAPTER FOUR Page 50 – activity 6 society was after John and wanted Page 60 – activity 3 to kill him. Page 48 – activity 1 A1B 2 A 3 E 4 C 5 D 6 F B and C are now different 4 His first wife Ettie died a year 1 A 2 C 3 D 4 B 5 B The slippers made the mark in Page 60 – activity 4 before Barker met him. the study. Page 49 – activity 2 5 He didn’t like to be near other B The cyclist was wearing a grey 1 Ted Baldwin men. 1 Mr Holmes asked the butler suit, short yellow coat and cap. 2 mark of a Lodge/ a triangle in a 6 One of John Douglas’s faults was to come in. Possible answers: Today a cyclist circle burnt onto his arm his jealousy./Barker had seen John 2 He was wearing a pair of bedroom would wear (cycling) shorts, t- 3 22.45/ quarter to eleven Douglas act jealously. slippers. shirt, special cycling shoes or 4 Cecil Barker 3 I left them and carried on walking. trainers, helmet, gloves, reflective 5 shot/face/sawn-off shotgun Page 39 – activity 3 4 Watson asked if Holmes had or bright clothing. 6 Possibe accident/self-defence 1 D 2 C 3 F 4 B 5 A 6 E solved it. involving John Douglas Page 51 – activity 7 5 Neither of them is telling the truth. Page 40 – activity 4 Page 61 – activity 5 6 ‘Watson, can you lend me your Open answers. Open answers. Possible answers: umbrella, please?’ Page 52 – activity 1 1 She’s been running. Page 40 – activity 5 7 Watson said that he had to ask Holmes himself. Open answers. 2 He’s been talking on the phone. Open answers. Page 52 – activity 2 3 She’s been painting. Page 49 – activity 3 4 He’s been swimming. Page 41 – activity 6 1 T 2 T 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 T 7 F 8 T Uncomfortable: confused, agitated, 5 Someone has been writing a letter. 1 Dr Watson, who also lived in Baker shy, nervous, alarmed, scared, angry, 6 Someone has been washing their Street, often helped Holmes with CHAPTER FIVE shocked, worried clothes/doing the washing. his detective work. Relaxed: friendly, calm, cheerful, Page 60 – activity 1 Page 61 – activity 6 2 The Valley of Fear, which was charming, patient, happy, arrogant published in 1914, was one of Could be either: quiet 0 H 1 G 2 E 3 B 4 C 5 I 6 A 7 F 1 A 2 A 3 C 4 B 5 D 6 C 7 D 8 D Conan Doyle’s later works. D not needed 3 Conan Doyle, who was born in Page 50 – activity 4 Page 62 – activity 7 Page 60 – activity 2 Edinburgh, was a very active and A Cecil Barker: Open answers. creative man. We now know the answers to 1 calm Page 62 – activity 8 4 The village of Birlstone, where this 2 friendly but a bit arrogant, angry questions 2, 3 and 4, but we still Open answers.

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Hiding Places 4 farmers 5 skills 6 museum Page 77 – activity 5 5 McMurdo shot the man in Chicago 7 society 8 film 1 Doctor Watson is telling the story. because he said he was going to Page 66 – activity 1 go to the police. Page 76 – activity 1 John Douglas wanted him to tell 1 John Douglas. the story. 6 McGinty says that Ettie can choose 1 Jack McMurdo is travelling in a 2 When Sherlock Holmes knew 2 Ettie Shafter, Jacob Shafter, Mike between the two men which one train. about the hiding place he realised Scanlan and Jack McMurdo are the she wants to marry. 2 He meets a miner called Scanlan. John Douglas was not really dead new characters in the story. and that the murder victim was 3 He then has an argument with the Page 91 – activity 2 someone else. policemen. Page 77 – activity 6 1 B 2 B 3 C 4 C 5 A 6 C 3 Hiding places were used by the rich 4 Jack is outside the Shafter’s house. Open answers. Page 92 – activity 3 and powerful, often kings and 5 Ettie Shafter is opening the door to queens. Jack. Page 78 – activity 7 1 with 2 city 3 found 4 with 4 They were mainly used by people 6 Jack falls in love with her and 1 C 2 E 3 A 4 F 5 D 5 least 6 been 7 printing 8 known who need somewhere safe to hide wants to marry her. 9 looking 10 is Page 78 – activity 8 because of their religion. Page 76 – activity 2 Page 93 – activity 4 5 Priest’s holes. Open answers. Open answers. 6 He went into hiding because of the 1 handsome 2 travelling 3 told civil war at the time and also 4 greeted 5 introduced 6 stay Secret Societies Page 93 – activity 1 7 should 8 careful 9 argue because he was married to a Page 82 – activity 1 1 D 2 A 3 F 4 G 5 C 6 B 7 E 8 H Roman Catholic. 10 admiringly 11 carry 12 very 1 T 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6 T 7 They were very similar to Birlstone 13 fell 14 agreed Page 94 – activity 2 House. Page 77 – activity 3 Page 82 – activity 2 1 widow 2 warned 3 gathered 8 The Pianist. Open answers. 4 blindfolded 5 rolled up 6 nodded H 7 nodded 8 felt faint 9 applause Page 66 – activity 2 T A F A S Page 83 – activity 1 1 in the 17th century. R G C A N E T G T 1 D 2 A 3 F 4 C 5 B 6 E CHAPTER THREE 2 it belongs to a private owner. A R A D D C L O R A 3 a film. Page 83 – activity 2 Page 100 – activity 1 4 tour the gardens. V E R M I S S A V A L L E Y Open answers. 1 D 2 B 3 A 4 B 5 D 5 there is a forest. E E E I N H O R E R D E 6 secret garden. L T F R T O M R R G D CHAPTER TWO Page 101 – activity 2 Page 66 – activity 3 L E U I R U E Y Y U Possible answers: Page 91 – activity 1 1 I’d better not write another article Open answers. I D L N O L E 1 McMurdo had not been to see about the Scowrers. They might N G D D PART TWO McGinty because he had to find kill me next time. G L U a job. 2 I’d better leave Vermissa Valley CHAPTER ONE Y C 2 Mr Shafter told McMurdo to leave soon – there are too many bad E because he didn’t want a member people and terrible things of the Ancient Order of Freemen happening. Page 69 – activity 1 D staying in his house. 3 I’d better not marry Ted Baldwin – 1 D 2 fictional place name Page 77 – activity 4 3 McMurdo promised Ettie that no he is a cruel man and wouldn’t 3 A 4 B 5 C Because it tells the story of John harm would come to her or her make me happy. Page 69 – activity 2 Douglas, and explains why he wanted father. 4 I’d better call Sherlock Holmes to 4 Ted Baldwin shows McMurdo the help me with this case. We need 1 coal 2 mining 3 industry to pretend to be dead. strange mark on his arm. his skills and experience.

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5 I’d better not touch anything until would leave Vermissa Valley in CHAPTER 5 8 What – Holmes advised Douglas the London police arrive – they about six months. to leave England. will want to see everything exactly 6 Chester Wilcox left his house Page 120 – activity 1 9 What – John Douglas’s real name how it was when I found it. because somebody warned him was Birdy Edwards. 6 I’d better tell Holmes about Mrs that he was in danger. 1 E 2 G 3 B 4 H 5 F 6 I 7 D 8 C 10 Who – Professor Moriarty was Douglas’s behaviour – it could be 7 Brother Morris told McMurdo Page 120 – activity 2 helping the Americans to find important to the case. about a private detective who was 1 Who – Birdy Edwards was John Douglas. after the Scowrers and wanted to Page 101 – activity 3 pretending to be Jack McMurdo. Page 121 – activities 3, 4 destroy their society. 2 What – The men were going to Possible answer: 8 Ettie and McMurdo planned to Open answers. powerful violent sly greedy kill the investigator when he escape together; Ettie would wait arrived. Page 121 – activity 5 until the McMurdo came to get her Page 101 – activity 4 3 Why – McMurdo told Scanlan to 1 C 2 A 3 D 4 C 5 B 6 D 7 A 8 C and they would leave together. Possible answer: leave the house that night Page 122 – activity 6 powerful intelligent brave sensible Page 110 – activity 2 because he didn’t want him to be Open answers. Possible answer: involved in the violence and Page 102 – activity 5 arrested by the police. Good things: He works sometimes, AFTER READING Open answers. 4 When – The Freemen arrived at even though he can use false money; Page 124 – activity 1 Picture nine o’clock. Page 102 – activity 6 he doesn’t kill anyone; he doesn’t tell summary Boss McGinty about Brother Morris; 5 What – Boss McGinty was 1 up 2 off 3 out 4 up 5 out arrested and then eventually 1 H 2 M 3 F 4 B 5 K 6 L 7 O 8 D 6 down he wants to leave the Lodge and go 9 G 10 N 11 J 12 A 13 I 14 C 15 E away with Ettie; he is kind to Ettie. hanged. Page 102 – activity 7 Bad things: He is involved in violence 6 Who – Ettie Edwards died in Page 126 – activity 4 – Vocabulary California. 1 E 2 D 3 C 4 B 5 G 6 A 7 F 8 H and knows what with the other men 1 7 Where – John Douglas was working of the Lodge do; he makes his own W Page 103 – activity 1 in the mining industry in California money illegally; he doesn’t tell the I 1 T 2 F 3 T 4 F 5 T 6 F police about the society in court; he when he met Cecil Barker. D blows up Chester Wilcox’s house; he O CHAPTER FOUR wants to kill the detective. 2 W 3 Page 110 – activity 1 Page 110 – activity 3 B E F 1 His landlady, Mrs MacNamara, 1 Brother Morris (C) 2 Boss McGinty 4 P L A S T E R O gave McMurdo the note. (E) 3 a man in court (A) 4 Brother I 5 O 2 Brother Morris asked McMurdo to Morris (B) 5 Ettie Shafter (D) N H 6 T meet him to talk about the Order’s Page 111 – activity 4 7 D O S P criminal activities. 1 was reported 2 was left 3 broke B F 8 B U T L E R 3 McMurdo told McGinty that 4 left 5 was found 6 was believed L O S I I 10 Brother Morris had offered him a 7 wrote 8 told 9 were written 9 A P P L A U S E P N D job in his shop but that he had C D K P T R refused. Page 112 – activity 5 K 11 W A D E E 12 A 4 The witnesses say they were not 1 D 2 E 3 A 4 B M E R N I sure about the identity of the attacker/what the attacker looked Page 113 – activity 1 A 13 B L O W U P 14 S H O T G U N like. 1 $ 2 $ 3 $$ 4 $$$ 5 $$ 6 $$$ I E D 5 McMurdo promised Ettie that they 15D U M B B E L L 16 M I N E R S

True or false 2 ...... McMurdo went to stay in another house and became a full member of the 1 Decide if these sentences about the story are true (T) or false (F). Correct Lodge. At a meeting, the Lodge decided that the men should give a the false ones. ‘warning’ to the editor of a local newspaper who had written an article TF critising them. They went to his house and beat him violently. McMurdo 1 Inspector MacDonald was Sherlock Holmes’s assistant. told them not to kill him and they left. 2 Mr Barker knew both Mr and Mrs Douglas in America. 3 ...... 3 Mr Barker was the first to tell everyone about the murder. One day, a Lodge member called Brother Morris told him that a detective 4 Mr Douglas was hiding in the same place as a king once hid. was after them. McMurdo told the others that this man had offered to 5 Vermissa Valley was the real name of the Valley of Fear. pay him money for information on the Scowrers. 6 Jack McMurdo did not really love Ettie but he needed 4 ...... her for his plan. McMurdo went outside and seemed to be talking to someone. Then he 7 Jack McMurdo killed two people but he saved came back in the room and told them all he was Birdy Edwards. The police another man’s life. arrived and arrested McGinty and his gang. 8 Brother Morris was not really a bad man. 9 Jack McMurdo’s real name was John Douglas. A Later, McMurdo was arrested for beating up the editor but he was 10 Only Boss McGinty was sentenced to death. released. Ettie was unhappy about his involvement with the Lodge, but McMurdo promised her that he would resolve everything soon and they 11 Ted Baldwin came to England to kill his old enemy. would go away together. 12 Birdy Edwards died in an accident while he was sailing. B Jack paid Jacob Shafter and his daughter Ettie to stay at their house; he found a job. He soon fell in love with Ettie and he went to talk to Jacob Shafter about his feelings. Summary C They agreed Birdy Edwards should not leave the valley alive. McMurdo FCE 2 You are going to read a summary of Jack McMurdo’s life in the Valley of said he would tell him to come to the house where he was staying. That Fear. Four paragraphs have been removed. Choose the one that best fits night they all waited for Birdy Edwards to arrive. each gap. Choose from the paragraphs A-E. There is one extra paragraph D No one wanted to talk to Jack because they thought he was a traitor. which you do not need to use. There is an example at the beginning (0). They couldn’t believe that they had given him so much information and One evening a young man, Jack McMurdo, was travelling on a train. He he had gone to the police. said was a member of the Ancient Order of Freemen. One of the miners E When McMurdo got there, McGinty asked him why he left Chicago; he on the train was also a Freeman and told him he should see Master wanted to know if he could still print fake dollars. He also said that McGinty at the Lodge in Vermissa. Ettie was free to choose between him and Ted Baldwin because they 1 ...... were both members of the Lodge. Mr Shafter explained about the Scowrers. A man called Ted Baldwin also wanted to marry Ettie. When McMurdo told Mr Shafter he belonged to the Order he told him to leave the house. McMurdo then went to the Lodge to see Boss McGinty.

Who said what? True or false 3 Match these word to the characters who said them. Activity 1 1 F – Inspector MacDonald worked for Scotland Yard. 1 How did you get those names? 2 F – He only knew Mr Douglas. 2 We’ll find nothing in London. 3 T 3 You have no right to ask such questions. 4 T 5 T 4 We’ve been married for five years. 6 F – He loved her but he had to wait until he had finished his plan before 5 He had a pair of bedroom slippers on. moving away with her. 6 Mr Holmes is independent. 7 F – He never killed anyone in Chicago. He saved the lives of the editor and Chester Wilcox. 7 Whatever happens in the future, you have done enough. 8 T 8 There are some men who won’t leave me alone until I’m dead. 9 F – His real name was Birdy Edwards. He took the name John Douglas in 9 I wouldn’t have let you into my house if I knew that. California. 10 F – Eight other gang members were sentenced to death. 10 This young lady is mine. 11 T 11 So you can still make these fake dollars? 12 F – He was lost overboard while he was on a ship in South Africa. 12 I’ll be ready when you come for me. 13 I was chosen to break up your gang. Summary 14 I just need more time. Activity 2 1 B 2 E 3 A 4 C Inspector Macdonald Sherlock Holmes Mr Douglas Ames Dr Watson Birdy Edwards Master McGinty Who said what? Jacob Shafter Ettie Shafter Activity 3 1 Inspector Macdonald 2 Sherlock Holmes 3 Cecil Barker 4 Mrs Douglas 5 Ames 6 Dr Watson 7 Mrs Douglas 8 MrDouglas 9 Joseph Shafter 10 Ted Baldwin 11 Master McGinty 12 Ettie Shafter 13 Birdy Edwards 14 Sherlock Holmes